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Travel balance at 94.8 mln in Mar and 211.9 mln in three-month period
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s travel balance edged down by 94.8 million euros in March from 95.1 million a year ago... by 32.2 percent year-on-year (YoY). Travel payments also increased by 53.4 percent and came to 223.6...-European visitors rose by 28.3 percent to 363,500. During the first three months of the year
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.46 bln in April, above target by 2.31 bln on higher revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the same month last year which showed a deficit of 79 million euros. The budget balance in the first four... in the aggregate period last year. For the current aggregate period, the budget balance beat its... to 4.20 billion compared to 2.44 billion a year ago, beating the monthly target by 18 million euros
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Unemployment drops to 18.1 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomytime last year, the unemployment rate came to 20.2 percent. Unemployment has continued to slowly fall... 2011. During March, employment increased by 8,961 people compared to February. Year-on-year, the figure... million. The unemployment rate among women fell by 2.2 percentage points (pps) year-on-year and came
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Turnover in tourism drops by 19.2 pct in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomy, when the index dropped by 5.4 percent year-on-year. The 19.2 percent drop in Q1 is the sharpest year-on-year decline noted since Q1 2012 when the index contracted by 29 percent. In 2018, all four... 8.2 percent in 2017. Broken down by component, the index in accommodation fell by -37 percent year
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
. Available soft data show that this trend continues into the second quarter of the year, following a 1.3 percent year-on-year growth in the first quarter. However, BoG notes that rising global uncertainty.... Over the coming years, BoG sees growth of 1.9 percent this year, 2.1 percent next year and 2.2
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Current account balance surplus of 874.4 mln in June shows significant yoy improvement
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the same period last year, the balance came to a deficit of 8.7 million euros, suggesting a notable year-on-year (YoY) deficit improvement of 883.3 million euros. According to the BoG.... The services balance improved to a surplus of 2.88 billion from 2.54 billion a year ago, representing
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Primary cash balance surplus at 1.52 bln in July
EconomyMacroeconomyin the first seven months of the year according to figures released by the Bank of Greece (BoG). The cash balance for the same time last year, excluding the financing of the cash buffer, showed a surplus.... The aggregate figure for the first seven months of the year showed that revenues fell by 752 million
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General govt primary cash surplus at 1.78 bln in June, arrears drop by 3 mln
EconomyMacroeconomymonths of the year, up by 263 million euros compared to the same period last year, according to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) monthly gg bulletin. In the underlying subcategories, the biggest year-on-year (YoY) decline was noted in social security funds with an annual fall of 468 million euros
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Current account balance shows surplus of 1.28 bln in July
EconomyMacroeconomy. In the same period last year, the balance came to a surplus of 1.31 billion euros, equalling a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 34.3 million euros. According to the BoG, this was driven by an increase... to a surplus of 3.97 billion from 3.69 billion a year ago, representing a rise of 7.6 percent YoY
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General govt primary cash surplus at 4.35 bln in Aug, arrears up by 270 mln
EconomyMacroeconomymonths of the year, up by 713 million euros compared to the same period last year, according to the Finance Ministry’s (MoF) monthly gg bulletin. In the underlying subcategories, the biggest year-on-year (YoY) decline was noted in social security funds with an annual fall of 637 million euros
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